Cont: Brexit: Now What? Magic 8 Ball's up

[GlennB]

Seems to me that Johnson's rule is crumbling almost by the hour. He's being slated for calling a press conference with a backdrop of police trainees (waiting in the sun while he starts an hour late - one or two distressed coppers feeling faint), then talking utter carp. Meanwhile his N.I. minister has stepped down.

Perhaps he'll prorogue himself?

 

[jimbob]

Seems to me that Johnson's rule is crumbling almost by the hour. He's being slated for calling a press conference with a backdrop of police trainees (waiting in the sun while he starts an hour late - one or two distressed coppers feeling faint), then talking utter carp. Meanwhile his N.I. minister has stepped down.

Perhaps he'll prorogue himself?

How about this for a class heckle:

https://twitter.com/sturdyAlex/status/1169664123745054727

Video embedded in tweet - it's only 3-seconds long

 

[GlennB]

How about this for a class heckle:

https://twitter.com/sturdyAlex/status/1169664123745054727

Video embedded in tweet - it's only 3-seconds long

** giggle **

It is, in a way, getting funny. Mostly because Johnson can't run and hide the way Trump does, and even the Conservative party has its limits, unlike the GOP.

 

[Nessie]

At this rate, the Tories will by BJ, J R-M and some elderly toff who has fallen asleep and not realised everyone else has gone.

 

[dudalb]

PMQ is one of these new fangle things, not even 60 years old. Need to give it some time to settle in, no need to be hasty.

If a politician wants to avoid answering a question there is no way you can make him answer it;but what the questioner can do is make it clear that the politican is dodging the question.

 

[dudalb]

We need brexit delayed, a GE and probably something like a Labour, Lib Dem or even SNP coalition to form a government that then cancels brexit.

Not going to happen without a second referendum in which 'remain" wins. I don't think any political party wants to be seen as going against a popular vote.

 

[Nessie]

Not going to happen without a second referendum in which 'remain" wins. I don't think any political party wants to be seen as going against a popular vote.

Not a problem for the SNP. The vote was to remain.

 

[Archie Gemmill Goal]

Seems to me that Johnson's rule is crumbling almost by the hour. He's being slated for calling a press conference with a backdrop of police trainees (waiting in the sun while he starts an hour late - one or two distressed coppers feeling faint), then talking utter carp. Meanwhile his N.I. minister has stepped down.

Perhaps he'll prorogue himself?

Did you hear him prattling on about the caution?

Either drunk, on drugs or cracking up. Or all 3.

 

[dudalb]

An interesting read on the whole Palace of Westminster renovation debacle: https://www.theguardian.com/news/20...cay-the-houses-of-parliament-are-falling-down

God, I did not know it was that bad...….

I have to take issue with the flippant attitude the writer and some of the comments session have though. There has to be a way to modernize the building but retain it's historical importance. The "Lets' go Guy Fawkes and burn it down "comment is the kind of moronic level radical for the sake of being radical I despise.

God, Westminster Abbey, which is a lot older then the Houses of Parliament, is in much better shape then it's neighbor across the street.

 

[GlennB]

Did you hear him prattling on about the caution?

Either drunk, on drugs or cracking up. Or all 3.

Trumpian?

Seems that even Daily Mail journalists are coming out against Johnson. That's gotta be a bad sign.

 

[Ian Osborne]

Can I get a double cheese and bacon burger? Ours back home are bigger!

We make them to fit our mouths.

 

[Information Analyst]

Not a problem for the SNP. The vote was to remain.

Nor in London.

 

[jimbob]

Not a problem for the SNP. The vote was to remain.

My constituency voted Leave. We voted in a more remain MP, and it's probably remain here now. It seems a pretty good bellwether for the country.

Tory 1970 until 1997
Labour until 2010
Tory until 2017
Labour currently

 

[catsmate]

Nor in London.

Vote Londependence!! I believe support is approaching 20%.

 

[Garrison]

So Boris has made an interesting pronouncement:

PM: I'd rather be dead in ditch than delay Brexit

But of course he won't commit to resigning if such a delay is forced on him...

 

[a_unique_person]

Yes, exactly. Pomp and circumstance have their uses, which is why they should be preserved for important questions - Queen's speech, major constitutional questions, votes of no confidence, that sort of thing.

There's no real need for Parliament to debate regulations on sheepherding industry or other minor issues with much pomp and circumstance though. Though I'm sure they're important to some they're not the kind of questions that need the weight of history behind them.

McHrozni

Pomp and circumstance or tatty and decrepit? It's looking more like Gormemghast to me.

 

[a_unique_person]

Trumpian?



Seems that even Daily Mail journalists are coming out against Johnson. That's gotta be a bad sign.

Yes Boris. Release your inner Trump.

 

[jimbob]

Trumpian?

Seems that even Daily Mail journalists are coming out against Johnson. That's gotta be a bad sign.

I saw a Mail headline saying that a No deal Brexit would damage house prices, which they generally consider a bad thing.

 

[P.J. Denyer]

I suppose we could have done some lentils instead of the bagged mixed grains but realistically we're not going to be less dependent on industrial food than that without spending an awful lot of time making bread, our own butter, jam (which we do but with bought-in sugar), oil, vinegar and so on.

I've also asterisked the things which came from the EU

Taking one small point out of the wider context, Bread, not a problem. My wife got into no-knead bread recipes. Which were pretty awful. So I bought a 'recontitioned' (actually brand new but much cheaper) breadmaker off eBay and we have fresh bread waiting in the mornings. Takes about ten minutes the night before to load the ingredients and set the timer.

 

[Ryokan]

** giggle **

It is, in a way, getting funny. Mostly because Johnson can't run and hide the way Trump does, and even the Conservative party has its limits, unlike the GOP.

Gotta love parliamentarism.